Perceived purposes of budgets in organizations in a developing country: Field study from Ghana

Journal of African Business

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-92

  Tsamenyi, Mathew ^a   Bennett, Martin ^b   Black, John ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budgeting; Developing country; Ghana; Management accounting; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 0345832001     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v05n01_05     Document Type: Article

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